f t on kneading till daylight.

    quot;So you finally finis; so ;You really took your time!quot;

    And s him packing.

    to t  greold o blo so t it  go out. o keep rigo t morning, h his face bulging like a wineskin.

    quot; a o be; so ;You come to see me, but spend t blo;

    And s him packing.

    t nig in t;I o add t,quot; sold ;, go s t;

    t t ao see it immediately reopen, and in no time the sun was up.

    quot;Did you finally close t again and get out.quot;

    Seeto ties. In t day and time tion to policemen, ody. So four  to apprehe bride.

    quot;By t; said t;let til tomorro;

    t till  on striking each.

    o return , four male officers  out to look for t;By t t; One of t once on all fours; a second one moved up, put racks. thus began a game of leapfrog.

    Rig t point, a tortoise came crao vie urning from rip around to a ripe old age.

    (Riviera ligure di ponente)

    NOtES:

    quot;t Only at Nig; (Luomo cte) from Andreon, told by Iren Gena and Irene Panduro.

    A tale full of oddities, t striking of ables, given as a orical fact regarding a particular police system. In Andre variant, turns into a toad.

    Copyrigalian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino,

    translated by George Martin,

    Pantheon Books, New York 1980